I just tried to play some divx videos on my gp2x and the audio on all of them goes out of sync with the video. I thought it was the video but they play fine on my computer. I'm running firmware 1.4. Anyone have any ideas how to fix it? Or am I going to have to wait for the next firmware update?
Audio Out Of Sync In Video
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deadlychicken22
Man is a reasoning rather than a reasonable animal
I have firmware 1.4 as well, and the video/audio sync seems fine. However, when I had firmware 1.21 there was definitely a problem in the video/audio sync.... Are you sure you upgraded your firmware properly?
If you did, I don't think there is any solution except to wait for the new firmware.
If you did, I don't think there is any solution except to wait for the new firmware.
junebuzz posted on Mar 26 2006 at 08:23 PM said:
Out of interest, tell us about the videos themselves. Did you make them yourself? What size are they? By size, I mean pixels eg 320x240. And at what bitrate are they encoded?
And if all that is too technical, just pick an example file that's losing sync and tell us 1) how long the movie is supposed to be and 2) what the filesize is.
The reason for all the above is, the playback requirements for the GP2x are quite low - meaning that the video can be really poo quality for laptop, but still look fab on the GP2x. Now, while the GP2x can playback hires files, doing so makes it work a lot harder than it needs to - which can cause it to lose sync and/or eat your batteries whole.
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Vimacs
Don't be evil!
should be fine, try with mplayer for windows (or whatever os youa re useing) if it works.
junebuzz posted on Mar 26 2006 at 10:12 PM said:
While the GP2x is capable of playing that video, it's way overkill for a portable device. I suggest you transcode it down - resize it to 320x240, and use a DivX profile that's suited to a portable device. You shouldn't need to use more than 150-200kbps to get a good result.
A knock-on effect of this is that the final filesize should be around 80-100mb for a movie of that length, so you can fit that many more on your SD card.
Try it as an experiment - transcode one of your movies with the settings I described above, and see if you still have sync problems.
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TomVS
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I bought a gp2x just to avoid re-encoding. It worked fine. It is capable of scaling down all my files in hardware...
But since my update to 1.4 I sometimes have video that is a little out of sync with the audio ....
Not with all files but I also noticed this effect
But since my update to 1.4 I sometimes have video that is a little out of sync with the audio ....
Not with all files but I also noticed this effect
